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Homeowners who bought at the peak of the market may face four more years of negative equity, a housing group has warned.
The National Housing Federation (NHF) said the average buyer paid £216,800 for a home in 2007.
They may now have to wait until 2014 before prices recover enough to make their homes worth more than they paid.
The organisation, which campaigns for affordable housing, also said prices are still too high for many buyers.
“Proposed caps on housing benefit payments could also put nearly a million people on low incomes at risk of losing their home”
David Orr National Housing Federation chief executive
According to the NHF, house prices will dip again next year by 3%, before steadily climbing thereafter.
The federation expects prices to be 22% higher by 2015 than they were in 2009, bringing the average price of a house to £226,900.
"A combination of circumstances in the market have made it very, very difficult for house prices to recover," NHF chief executive David Orr told the BBC.
"But actually the big problem that we have is that we've created a kind of perfect storm where there is negative equity for some people and they're trapped and can't move, but prices haven't come down enough to make buying a home a realistic option for people in their 20s and 30s in ordinary jobs.
"We really are in danger of pricing people out of owner-occupation."
He also criticised government decisions to scrap regional house-building targets and withdraw funding for affordable housing.
"Proposed caps on housing benefit payments could also put nearly a million people on low incomes at risk of losing their home," he added.
BBC News - Housing group gives four-year negative equity warning
The National Housing Federation (NHF) said the average buyer paid £216,800 for a home in 2007.
They may now have to wait until 2014 before prices recover enough to make their homes worth more than they paid.
The organisation, which campaigns for affordable housing, also said prices are still too high for many buyers.
“Proposed caps on housing benefit payments could also put nearly a million people on low incomes at risk of losing their home”
David Orr National Housing Federation chief executive
According to the NHF, house prices will dip again next year by 3%, before steadily climbing thereafter.
The federation expects prices to be 22% higher by 2015 than they were in 2009, bringing the average price of a house to £226,900.
"A combination of circumstances in the market have made it very, very difficult for house prices to recover," NHF chief executive David Orr told the BBC.
"But actually the big problem that we have is that we've created a kind of perfect storm where there is negative equity for some people and they're trapped and can't move, but prices haven't come down enough to make buying a home a realistic option for people in their 20s and 30s in ordinary jobs.
"We really are in danger of pricing people out of owner-occupation."
He also criticised government decisions to scrap regional house-building targets and withdraw funding for affordable housing.
"Proposed caps on housing benefit payments could also put nearly a million people on low incomes at risk of losing their home," he added.
BBC News - Housing group gives four-year negative equity warning
